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There’s less than a week until Christmas, and the number of things left undone still outnumbers the finished list. Anything that has been baked has already been eaten, leaving a sum total of zero on the holiday desert menu. Even the fudge is gone. The children declared it “Crunchy!” and sucked on it until it […]

As of this morning, we have a new car. For limited definitions of “new”, and “car.” On Thursday, I was half way to school with #2 Son, when I realized that our dodge Caravan was never going to see 4th gear again. The thing has been on it’s way to the elephant’s graveyard for several […]

Just thought I’d make a slight clarification on yesterday’s post. I have not previously. and do not plan in the future, to hit anyone with fudge, by the pan or piece. Nor will I use it to sabotage an opposing team. Just saying. Because I notice that, sometimes, when I am being sarcastic, people do […]

“Never Fail Fudge” isn’t intended to be a challenge. It’s supposed to be a guarantee. But I’ve managed to screw it up several years in a row. I’ve been making this stuff or variations on it, since I was thirteen years old. I should have it down by now. It used to work fine when […]

I am sick and tired of finding land mines, fictional or metaphorical, on my comics page. They’ve been about to blow up some character in Funky Winkerbean for several days now. He’s stepped on a landmine. Terrific. The national news isn’t violent enough. And For Better or Worse has been mostly just For Worse since […]